CVE-2005-1151 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in qpopper versions 4.0.5 and earlier, affecting Debian systems. The flaw allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files with root privileges due to improper privilege dropping before processing specific user-supplied files. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability from a local attack. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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